Hi ladies are any of you having the same problem as I am? This has never happened before so I accept my husband call and I answer it only to start yelling HELLOOOOOat the top of my lungs because he cant hear me I can hear him but he can't this is getting really frustrating ! I called gtl but they only filed a report :/ lets hope it gets fixed soon because I wasting a buck just for accepting the call.

Does anyone know if phones are working at Avenal... My son has not called since April 22, my granddaughter is worried.

I've received a couple of phone calls in the past couple of days. My LO is in the infirmary, so the phones could be down or off in the area your son is at. I've learned at Avenal that you just can't expect the worst when phone calls don't come.

I'd try calling records and asking for a housing number--you'll be able to see if he's still housed where he has been or if he's been moved to the hole or to the infirmary. I've also found out about hospital stays that way.

I know when my hub was in, the phones would go wonky all the time.
We thought maybe because they guys would try to sit down while talking and stretch the cord and it would mess up the phones. (the cord is very short so there's not really a way to sit while talking)

And yes it is really frustrating when you can hear them but they cant hear you. UG!

Yes, they do have access to them all through out the day. It really just depends which CO is working or if the phones are taken up. Some days my husband would have to put his name on list & go by specific times, even though they weren't very strict on exact times. Other days he didn't have to, but some days many inmates were using the phones so we didn't get much time to talk. He is no longer on the yard, but even when he was we talked at least once every single day :] Hope that helps!

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Has anybody ever tried using any of the phone services like freedomline.net or prisoncalls online? I'm thinking about setting up an account to save money, but would be happy to hear some firsthand feedback, esp. if you've used it for calls from ASP.

Thought I'd share some useful information. I posted earlier that I was considering using one of the services such as ********* for phone calls, but I found out today that even tho the calls route thru TX they are very inexpensive. There's no connection fee like they charge in county. It's .10 for the first minute and .10 a minute after that. So a 15 minute call is only $1.50 I put $25 on my phone last night, we talked twice today and my balance after that was $22.02. It's a nice change after being gouged for calls in county for months!

That's what I was wondering , my son is in Avenal and I'm trying to find the cheapest way for him to call me , is the cheap jail calls services cheaper then GTL ? And do you get charged from both companies ?? Thank you in advance for any info

That's what I was wondering , my son is in Avenal and I'm trying to find the cheapest way for him to call me , is the cheap jail calls services cheaper then GTL ? And do you get charged from both companies ?? Thank you in advance for any info

Cheap jail calls or any other calling service is separate from GTL. If you are in the same area code (559) your calls are going to be super cheap. Even out of the area code as long as you're still in Cali your calls will be inexpensive. If your number is out of state like mine is then that's where it gets expensive. My area code is 808 (Hawaii). $8.66 per call.

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Hi I Don't Believe He Needs To Add Your New # To The List Or Approved It